New York Is Investigating Ties
Between Colleges, Vendors

By

Robert Tomsho

Updated Feb. 29, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

Expanding a probe that started with the student-loan industry, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has begun investigating ties between colleges and the companies that provide their students with food, textbooks, health insurance and financial services.

Benjamin Lawsky, special assistant to Mr. Cuomo, said the investigation is focused on whether, in making agreements with schools, vendors are making unethical payments to gain...